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A Practical Course in Personal Magnetism by Wellcome Collection
Category: Gifts | Series: Wellcome
Finally, the secrets of natural magnetism made plain, in the 19th Century's delightful prelude to How to Win Friends and Influence People "You are not the weak, downtrodden creature you have so long considered yourself, but a glorified, radiant, happy being!" Drawn from the long-forgotten self-help best ...Show more
Animal Vegetable Mineral: Organising Nature, a Picture Album by Wellcome Collection
Category: Animals & Nature
Published to accompany a major year-long exhibition, Making Nature at the Wellcome Collection, Animal Vegetable Mineral celebrates the beauty and strangeness of the very early 'infographics', charts, and ordering systems devised in an age that transformed how we see and understand nature. These are the ...Show more
Death: A Picture Album by Wellcome Collection
Category: Art and Design
"Disturbing, macabre, and moving: the images in this book examine our enduring desire to make peace with death. Chosen from the spectacular collection of a death-obsessed print dealer from Chicago, Richard Harris, they include art from an array of time periods, places, and traditions. Works by Linda Con ...Show more
Graphic Warnings: 25 Vintage Postcards by Collection Wellcome
Category: General Design | Series: Wellcome Collection
Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts: A History of Sex for Sale by Kate Lister, Wellcome Collection
Category: History
The history of selling sex is a hidden one, its practitioners a 'damnable crew' pushed to the margins of history. Harlots, Whores & Hackabouts redresses the balance, revealing the history of sex for sale, from medieval back street to Wild West saloon, and from the brothel to state bedroom. This enth ...Show more
On Happiness by Wellcome Collection
Category: Social Science
From joy, euphoria and exhilaration to serenity, contentment and fulfilment - where do happy feelings come from, and how do they affect us? Bringing together 45 carefully selected historic and contemporary objects and artworks, On Happiness reflects on the diverse approaches to happiness throughout hist ...Show more
Sound: A Story of Hearing Lost and Found by Bella Bathurst; Wellcome Collection Staff (Contribution by)
Category: Biography Memoir | Series: Wellcome Ser.
'By the summer of 1998, it had become clear that there was something wrong with my hearing. It didn't happen suddenly but softly, so softly I almost wasn't aware of it happening; sound seemed to have stolen away ...'For twelve years, Bella Bathurst was deaf. She missed the punchlines and the jokes, avoi ...Show more
The Art of Medicine by Wellcome Collection
Category: Art and Design
For thousands of years artists have played a special role in the human quest to understand anatomy, health and disease; this book celebrates their creativity and inquisitiveness using little-seen, stunning imagery from one of the worlds greatest collections. The "Wellcome Collection" is based on the eno ...Show more
The Institute of Sexology by Wellcome Collection
Category: Culture
Looking at key sexologists throughout history including Sigmund Freud, Marie Stopes, and Alfred Kinsey, this book investigates how sex research has shaped our current attitudes toward sexual behavior and identity. From anthropological surveys and questionnaires to ancient sex toys and machines, The Inst ...Show more
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